Picks and Pans Review: Survivor: Fiji

Fiji kicked off with a fun gimmick with lots of potential: One team, after winning the first challenge, has been given supplies to set up a deluxe camp. They have lumber, pipes, a toilet with a seat. All that's lacking to make this a Survivor Four Seasons is Jeff Probst behind a concierge's desk. Of the initial 19 players—a 20th skedaddled before shooting began because of anxiety problems—Sylvia Kwan is my kind of castaway: Sylvia took charge of getting the camp going, and she was resolutely chipper even when Probst exiled her to an island where the only welcome was from snakes.